The passages describe the lives and contributions of three freedmen of the Rapier family. John H. Rapier, Jr., was a physician at the Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. John H. Rapier, Sr., a barber in Florence, Alabama, served as a voter...

This article from the Mobile Press-Register recounts the events of "Bloody Sunday," which some citizens claim "hastened the passage of the voting rights act by Congress" in 1965. It then examines current conditions for African Americans in the...

Jackson served as an attorney and advisor for Governor George Wallace when he made his "stand in the schoolhouse door" at the University of Alabama. In the letter, written the day before the incident at the university, Kohn discusses Seybourn...

In the letter Rutland urges Wallace to cooperate with the federal government in upcoming integration efforts: "We Alabama Democrats see some things about our great national party that we do not like. However, we are Americans first. We know that...

In the message the congressmen criticize the president's involvement in the integration of the University of Mississippi, and they compare his actions to President Eisenhower's intervention in Little Rock, Arkansas. They demand the "immediate...

This letter thanks Boykin for the complimentary speech he recently gave about the president. Also included is a copy of the speech, "Stand by the President." In it Boykin praises Truman for his success in ending the war, acknowledges problems...

In the message the anonymous writer advocates the murder of African Americans to "teach them that they...have no rights whatever." The writer praises South African authorities, who "turn the machine guns" on black citizens "and mow them down by the...

In the statement Sullivan specifically refers to an upcoming Sunday gathering of African Americans at the Capitol "under the guise of a religious service." He argues that citizens have other facilities for such purposes, and he suggests that the...

Published by the W. T. Smith Lumber Company in Chapman, Alabama. The paper describes the vocational, social, religious, and educational activities of company employees and their families. Each issue includes a "Colored Section" with information...

In the letter Davis criticizes segregationist policies in Alabama: "Segregation is worse than cancer, communism or letting some one slap your mother." He compares the state to a Soviet nation and also mentions pamphlets that his colleagues will be...

Published by the W. T. Smith Lumber Company in Chapman, Alabama. The paper describes the vocational, social, religious, and educational activities of company employees and their families. Each issue includes a "Colored Section" with information...

Published by the W. T. Smith Lumber Company in Chapman, Alabama. The paper describes the vocational, social, religious, and educational activities of company employees and their families. Each issue includes a "Colored Section" with information...

Published by the W. T. Smith Lumber Company in Chapman, Alabama. The paper describes the occupational, social, religious, and educational activities of company employees and their families. Each issue includes a "Colored Section" with information...

Published by the W. T. Smith Lumber Company in Chapman, Alabama. The paper describes the occupational, social, religious, and educational activities of company employees and their families. Each issue includes a "Colored Section" with information...

Published by the W. T. Smith Lumber Company in Chapman, Alabama. The paper describes the occupational, social, religious, and educational activities of company employees and their families. Each issue includes a "Colored Section" with information...

In this letter MacArthur defends his recent actions in Korea and warns Americans against blindly accepting propaganda and reports from the sensationalist press. MacArthur wrote this before President Truman removed him from his position.

Statement issued by James T. Mason, president of the Easonian Seminary, to the "Leaders of the White Race." In it Mason protests the mistreatment of African Americans: "This condition of affairs is becoming serious. Instead of the service rendered...

In the letter W. H. Hollins, chairman of the committee, asks the future governor to use his position to ensure that African Americans are given equal opportunity to receive training and employment in the state's war industries. The resolution...